Leisure Reading Collection Opening at U of M Library

Bookworms looking for the next popular fiction and non-fiction titles will have access to them beginning today.

Through a partnership with the Winnipeg Public Library, the University of Manitoba is launching “Relax ‘n Read: Leisure Reading Collection.” An array of hundreds of titles will range from thrillers, cookbooks, and graphic novels to historical fiction, and biographies to award-winning novels.

The books will be available on the U of M’s Bannatyne campus in the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library.

Some of the titles include “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth” by Chris Hadfield, “Bringing Up The Bodies” by Hilary Mantel, and “Code” by Kathy Reichs.

A grand opening will be held in the library at 1:30 p.m. Refreshments will follow.